Building Use by Theater Group Okayed by Council
Mechanicsville council approved a trial use of the Sievers Memorial auditorium for Black Mask Theater rehearsals three times weekly for four to five weeks on a no charge basis, with a $15 production night fee for non profits and a possible shift to a paying group during rehearsals. The meeting also authorized a Phase 2 fire course, discussed cemetery maintenance funding from interest, sewer and water tap fees, a zoning board vacancy, and plans to organize a skating rink setup with volunteers.
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Mechanicsville Council
Bob Jensen
Black Mask Theater
Sievers Memorial
Hugh Lamont Jr
Walter Kiehl
Ission
Lowell Cook
Mechanicsville
Kirkwood
Vernon Boots
Tom Railsback
Jack Glover
Fay Young
Laverne Weber
Info Center at Iowa U Opens at Memorial Union
The Campus Information Center opened last week in the south lobby of the University of Iowa Memorial Union to guide students and residents to campus and community services. Jean Kendall leads the CIC which operates 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, with telephone help at 353 6710.
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New Surgical Center
Iowa City
Clay Kent
University Hospitals
Iowa Memorial Union
University of Iowa
CIC
Jean Kendall
Union
Solid Waste Disposal Commission To Meet
DES MOINES The solid waste disposal commission of the Iowa department of environmental quality will meet at 10 am Tuesday in the department's conference room at 3920 Delaware Avenue. The division will report on activities including legal actions proposed rules for demolition waste disposal and radiation management and the state solid waste management plan. A public hearing on proposed rule changes placing authority for administering solid waste rules within the department and the commission will be held at 2 30 pm in the Victorian room Holiday Inn North 3501 East Fourteenth Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Solid Waste Disposal Commission
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Delaware Avenue
Solid Waste Management Division
Holiday Inn North
East Fourteenth
Candidates Night at Independence Slated
Independence Jaycees sponsor a candidates night at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Hotel Pinicon. Incumbent Mayor Robert Blakesley faces ex mayor Henry Funk. council races feature incumbents Jack Ronan Andrew Short and Fred Peters on two at large posts with James Kottenkamp Maurice Pentecost Orin Miller Tom Cieliecki Donavan Harland John Gaul and Frank Brimmer contesting wards and seats.
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The
Independence Jaycees
Hotel Pinicon
Robert Blakesley
Henry Funk
Jack Ronan
Andrew Short
Fred Peterson
James Kottenkamp
Maurice Pentecost
Orin Miller
Tom Cieliecki
Donovan Harland
John Gaul
Frank Brimmer
Meeks Named Associate Dean at Iowa Law College
Prof James E Meeks of Morgantown West Virginia has been appointed associate dean of the University of Iowa College of Law. He earned a BA from Oberlin in 1960 and an LLB from Columbia in 1963. He will maintain a half time teaching load and continues as faculty senate chairman.
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Iowa City
James E. Meeks
University of Iowa College of Law
Morgantown
W. Va
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Oberlin College
Columbia University
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Washington
D. C
U. of S. College of Law
Visting
Northwestern University
University of Kansas
U. S. Department of Justice
U. of S
Innocent Plea in Benton County Case
George Woodson of Newhall pled innocent in Benton county district court to rape and kidnapping charges. Trial dates were set for January 21 on the rape count and February 18 on the kidnapping count regarding an alleged abduction of a 17 year old Newhall girl on August 29. Co-defendant Don Erland, also charged, requested and was granted a continuance.
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Vinton
George Woodson
Newhall
Benton County
Woodson
Don Erland
Mercy Hospital Iowa City Plans Modernization Project
State review committee approves a 1.994 million Mercy hospital modernization in Iowa City. Two old buildings will be demolished and a 1959 section remodeled to centralize patient care with merged ICU and modern monitoring. The Hoover Health Council coordinates the project under Social Security Act safeguards.
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Iowa City
State Health Facilities
Mercy Hospital
Hoover Health Council
Des Moines
Joint Commission
Small Chance of DST Return-Ray
DES MOINES AP Gov Robert Ray said there is a small chance Iowa will revert to Daylight Saving time as a fuel conservation measure this winter unless the nation as a whole switches. He noted several problems with a state moving to Daylight time while others remain on Standard time and said turning clocks back this year would be difficult. He added Congress might consider year around Daylight Saving time.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa
Ray
Congress
U Iowa Professors Study Sun Radiation and Solar Flares
Two University of Iowa physics professors and ten other scientists aboard the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform at Cape Kennedy measure solar radiation and radio waves. Louis A. Frank designed detectors for solar bursts linked to auroras while Donald Garnett develops equipment to study solar and terrestrial radio noise and magnetic fields.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cape Kennedy
Louis A. Frank
Donald Garnett
Gazetter carrier service details and notices
The excerpt appears to be garbled newspaper boilerplate about the Cedar Rapids Gazette carrier service, edition timing, and rights. It references circulation, distribution, and exclusive rights to news dispatches plus territorial mentions. The readable facts are limited and no clear event or person is described.
Return of the Ghost of Keokuk Legend
Keokuk residents recall the J. J. Finnegan ghost legend tied to Halloween. The tale places the 19 year old cabin boy who drowned in the Mississippi in 1853 at a bluff above Keokuk seeking his Boston girlfriend. The ghost is said to appear between 9 30 and 10 30 p m each Halloween as locals join in the lore.
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J. J. Finnegan
Finnegan
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Mississippi
Boston
New Orleans
Five Iowans Die in Weekend Truck and Tractor Crashes
Associated Press reports five Iowans were killed in weekend crashes including youths Dennis Mull 18 of Marshalltown and Jerry Corwin 17 in a Marshalltown pickup. Other fatalities include Gary Warren 30 of Phoenix Aileen Ingham 45 of Sioux City and Monte Hamilton 15 of Big Rock with multiple injuries to relatives and other drivers.
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Dennis Mull
Marshalltown
Albion
Jerry Corwin
Gary Warren
Phoeniix
Sioux City
Ralph Ingham
Velvet
Marie Owens
Oriole Christensen
Clinton
Raritan
Ill
Virgil Jones
la Harpe
Til
Monte Hamilton
Big Rock
Police Chief Jim Fortsch Honored in Oelwein Surprise
More than 100 people attended a surprise open house in Oelwein to honor Police Chief Jim Fortsch on his twenty fifth anniversary with the force. Fortsch has served as chief since 1967 and received a plaque.
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Oelwein
Jim Fortsch
Fortsch
Girl fatally struck by train in Mesquakie settlement
Tama County medical examiner ruled the death a suicide. Glenda Wanstall 16 or 15 was killed when she ran onto an eastbound North Western freight near the Iowa river dam after an argument with her sister and her boyfriend. The train engineer could not stop in time. she was laid to rest in Kinnear Wyoming.
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Tama
Glenda Wanstall
North Western
Iowa River
Mesquakie
Rodney Papakee
Kinnear
Wyo
Wind River
Tama County
C. W. Maplethorpe
Papakee
Joe McBride
Mason-Hand Funeral
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